dharen7

Pat I wish I knew how to do the pictures. So many things I want to show. Hope you received yours yesterday. Forgot to put your card in the envelope.

terriamn

Desert nurse received her mug rug from me and sent a very nice thankyou. She can't post pictures and I must have forgot to take apicture or accidentally deleted it. Darn, it was an embroidered pansy with her favorite a dragon fly.

nhnative

I got my mug rug from dharen7 today. What a really nice mug rug with a jar of strawberries. I've never seen that fabric before. And I also got 2 coasters and 2 packages of tea and a purple fat quarter. Thanks so much I love it all.

ctyankee

What a wonderful swap! And the previous mug rugs are wonderful, too! What a shame that we can't see what desertnurse received from terriamn, but I know it's something terrific! Desertnurse, can you get someone else to take a photo & then download it so we can all see it? That's half the fun, isn't it ... seeing what everyone receives?

cuppy

Getting ready to mail my partner her mug rug!.

ctyankee

Hi, ladies! I have a dilemma & I need your help!

Hubby & I are in the process of downsizing & planning our move for when we retire in March. As quilters, I think you can probably understand the state of my quilt room & the amount of fabric etc that I have accumulated since that first quilt I made in 1980. As a result, I haven't been able to participate, since my best fabrics have already been "packed" -- sort of, but I originally thought I'd be able to pull fabrics out & whip up a mug rug or 2 each month. Yeah, right. Well, that hasn't happened, because I apparently need access to all my fabric so that it talks to me & let's me know what to make out of it. Anyway, I'm still getting rid of stuff -- not just fabric, but furniture etc., for the big move to Ireland next March. This brings me to my current problem.

Which is -- would anyone want to take over this swap either temporarily or permanently? Beginning right now, I mean. I don't feel that I'm giving the swap the attention it deserves & not participating is difficult for me, because of course I love mug rugs! On the other hand, maybe the swap has run its course. We don't have the numbers now that we had when I first took over. Does anyone have any suggestions or solutions? I always (usually) run the new swap on the 20th of every month, so this is the day. But the month ran away from me, & here I am -- on the 20th asking if someone would do the swap for June by posting a new swap, or if everyone would like to take the summer off & we could start back up in the fall, or someone could just run with it on a permanent basis. Please let me know what you think, because I just can't do this any more. Thanks in advance! (You don't know how difficult it is to actually give this up, but once I'm in Ireland I may be able to continue, unless we have a permanent hostess.)

cuppy

I received from hearthush , A flower garden mug rug! Thank you, love the sun flowers.

cuppy

Thank you for hosting the mug rug swap.

nhnative

You have been a great hostess for almost two years. I know that your move is taking a lot of your time. They are a lot of work so I wonder if anyone is willing to take it over.

annt59

Ctyankee, thank you for being hostess and for all you did as hostess. I believe this has run its course as shown by the dwindling number of participants. I real enjoyed the run though, and thanks again.